Prospectus Hit List for August 1

Hit List for July 30
Hit List for August 4Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

57.0

56.8

56.2

.524

.504

14.4%

51.3%

65.7%

-0.6%

-16.5%

53

56

53.2

52.4

52.1

.483

.503

1.7%

2.2%

3.9%

1.7%

2.4%

So much for my proposed Paul Konerko for Derek Jeter trade idea that would have made sense.

15

57

50

53.7

56.7

56.5

.523

.503

38.9%

22.0%

60.9%

7.3%

4.0%

John Lackey should love St. Louis. And St. Louis, if they love swearing, guns, big trucks, bigger trucks, large hats, larger hats, and swearing, should love John Lackey.

16

55

52

50.2

49.6

50.4

.479

.499

8.6%

9.9%

18.4%

1.0%

-13.8%

Brian Cashman revealed that a quick and easy "what about Drew” text message to Ben Cheringon precipitated the Yankees easy acquisition of Stephen Drew. This prompted a flurry of texts from Cashman to everyone he knows asking “what about your money.”

17

57

51

54.0

56.0

56.9

.518

.498

19.8%

26.6%

46.4%

-5.4%

3.4%

The Pirates tried to trade for Pedro Alvarez’s swing but Altoona wouldn’t budge off a final offer of six hot dogs and two large slushees.

18

58

51

56.9

55.5

55.1

.517

.497

22.7%

28.3%

50.9%

0.6%

0.4%

The Braves would have done something but they got caught up with Sharknado 2 and were too afraid to cross the carpet to pick up a phone.

19

54

54

55.3

53.3

53.6

.501

.481

5.2%

13.2%

18.4%

3.1%

-2.6%

Reports: The Reds tried to take Billy Hamilton out of the game to trade him but they couldn’t catch him.

20

48

59

48.6

49.4

49.2

.456

.476

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

-0.2%

-0.2%

Extending Kurt Suzuki is like buying a Suzuki and naming it Kurt. It’s a fine idea and quite cute, but it’ll probably break down soon and all your money will be gone.

21

48

60

47.9

49.8

50.4

.454

.474

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

-2.3%

I’d make a joke about moving deck chairs on the Titanic but the Red Sox traded the deck chairs.

22

52

56

55.6

52.9

52.3

.493

.473

1.4%

2.5%

3.9%

-0.6%

1.4%

By not trading Bartolo Colon the Mets are signaling they can compete next season. Or it signals they like hilarious pitcher at-bats.

23

53

55

51.8

50.8

50.5

.477

.457

1.2%

3.0%

4.1%

-0.7%

3.1%

Another year, another deadline, another missed opportunity to trade Giancarlo Stanton to your favorite team for a bunch of nobodies.

.458

.439

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

44

65

43.9

44.0

46.8

.410

.429

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Hard to believe the Astros traded Jarred Cosart and broke up the 2017 World Championship pitching staff before they’d even got together.

26

48

61

47.7

48.1

48.9

.442

.422

0.0%

0.1%

0.2%

0.0%

0.1%

Not one trade. Maybe they had a glitch and had to turn their commodore 64s on and off.

27

44

64

49.2

50.2

48.4

.441

.421

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

0.0%

Someone high up on a mountaintop somewhere knows what the Rockies are doing but he’s almost certainly suffering from altitude sickness.

28

48

60

49.8

45.6

45.8

.438

.418

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

-0.1%

0.0%

The trade deadline went down and the Padres still don’t have a GM. But that’s probably not that important.

29

48

61

47.1

47.3

47.2

.435

.415

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.1%

0.0%

The Diamondbacks are one of those posters at the mall that become a 3D picture of a boat if you stare at it long enough, except when you stare at this one it becomes a bunch of small disassociated color splotches.